"fOUTOLO METHETRUTH
HDIM1EE PEOPLE
10 mow ir
The following unsolicited letter has
been received from Mr. J. F. Ward of
Donalda, Alberta. It is a plain state
ment of conditions as Mr. Ward has
found them:
A Settler’s "l\ 1“ Pleas
Plain Letter. ure 1 ^ a me to
L.. —__ you. \\ e had a
good year. Off of 65 acres, oats and
wheat, I got over 2,500 bushels of
wheat and oats. Oats went here from
50 to 100 bushels per acre, and wheat
from 25 to 52 per acre. Just see me
being here one year and have over 700
bushels of wheat. It is now over $1.00
per bushel. Oats is 42 cents, and go
ing up. You told me the truth, and I
want the people of Toledo to know it.
Hogs are 83i cents; cattle are high.
Canada is good enough for me. I have
5 good horses. I sold 2 good colts, 2
cows and 18 head of hogs and killed 2.
1 have 6 hogs left. I got 400 bushels
of potatoes off an acre and a good
garden last summer, fine celery and
good onions. One neighbor had over
1,200 bushelB of wheat, and sold over
$700 of hogs and 2.000 bushels of oats.
This is a great country. If you should
tell the people of Toledo of this it
would get some of them thinking. The
soil is a rich black loam, and a pleas
ure to work it.
“We have a good farm. We have a
flowing well with soft water. It is
the best water in the country. Some
people think they got to go to war
when they come out here. They need
not be afraid of war. There is no war
tax on land: only school tax. $12.00
on 160 acres, and road tax of two
days with your team. I tell you the
truth, there is no land in or around
Toledo as good as our land here in Al
berta. If anybody wants to write us.
give them our address.
v\e nave naa nice weamer. v\ e
have had it quite eold for one week,
but no rain and sleet, and the sun
shines nearly every day. and it is hot
in the sun. Coal is $2.25 per ton. The
people are very nice and good here.
We are well enjoying the West.
The horses and cows are feeding on
the prairies all the winter. We Just
have two horses in the stable to go to
town with. Yours truly. (Sgd.) J. F.
WARD. Donalda. Alberta. Feb. 9.1916."
r—--- “I was born in
Statement of Steve WiBcon6in. but
Schweitzberger mor„d with mJr
parents when a boy to Stephen Co.,
Iowa. I was there farming for 50
years. I sold my land there for over
$200 an acre. I moved to Saskatche
wan, and located near Briercrest in
the spring of 1912. I bought a half
section of land. I have good neigh
bors. I feel quite at home here the
same as in Iowa. We have perfect
safety and no trouble in living up to
the laws in force. My taxes are about
$65 a year on the half section for ev
erything. I have had splendid crops.
Wheat in 1915 yielded me over 50
bushels to the acre. That is more than
I have ever had in Iowa, and yet the
land there costs four times as much
as it does here. The man who comes
here now and buys land at $50 an acre
or less f gets a bargain.*-(Sgd.) S.
Schweitzberger, February 9Lb. 1916.”
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O more striking proof of
the rapidity of modern
advance in engineering
could be quoted than the
startling career of the
airship and submarine,
both but a few years ago a mere pos
sibility looked upon with more or less
skepticism, but at the present day
among the most fearful weapons of
this greatest of wars.
The beginnings of the submarine,
though not dating back to Greek anti
quity as the inception of aerial navi
gation, are older than is generally
thought. Leaving out of account the
early attempts of a Dutch physicist—
in 1620—and the Englishman Symons
in 1,47 it will come as a surprise
to many that the Americans in the
War of Independence, in 1773, endeav
ored to make the first submarine at
tack.
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Though this attempt was not suc
cessful, the idea was never since lost
sight of. Fulton offered Napoleon a
submarine of his invention for the
contemplated invasion of Great Bri
tain. and a German engineer, Wil
helm Bauer, in 1850. came forth with
plans for a submarine by which, as
stated by Burgoyne. an English writer
on maritime subjects, “the solution of
the problem of submarine navigation
was promoted to a higher degree than
by any other inventor."
Germany Held Back.
Bauer s attempt to attack the Dan
ish fiet with his "brandtaucher (“fire
diver"), it is true, proved a failure, the
craft foundering in Kiel harbor. How
ever, his boat was rescued in 188" and
now stands in the courtyard of the
Berlin Museum of Oceanography, a
lasting monument of Bauer's inven
tive genius. The Swedish engineer
Nordenfeldt. about thirty years ago.
completed the invention of the mod
ern submarine in its leading lines.
The problem of submarine naviga
tion has ever since been on the order
of the day, the French marine being
the first to undertake methodical tests
intended to promote the development
of the submarine. Other countries—
Germany (in 1905) among the last—
were slow in following suit. As long
as there were no really suitable sub
marines available, there was in fact
no harm in observing a wise reserve,
while other nations were spending
time and money on costly experi
ments. Events go to show that the
German navy has known how to make
up for any delay in this respect.
Many Problems Involved.
A submarine to be really suitable,
should be especially seaworthy, feeing
able not only to sail on the surface,
but to Btand the enormous water pres
sure at considerable depth. Its hull,
therefore, is made of highly resistant
steel plates. Ac ovcidal or lengthy
ellipsoidal shape is most convenient
The problem of propulsion is one of
the most important. While the use of
the same type of motor for submarine
navigation and sailing at the surface
would be satisfactory, it is for many
reasons preferred to propel the craft
by mean- of an electric motor (fed
from accumulators) when submerged,
using a steam engine, gasoline or.
preferably, a Diesel (oil) motor for
surface navigation. A speed of 10-11
knots is all that is required below wa
ter, whereas at the surface.
knots per hour are reached by modern
submarines, the radius of action,
without replenishing the oiltanks, be
ing 5,000 to 7,.000 miles
The torpedo Is to the submarine
what the projectile is to the gun. Each
of the later type of German subma
rine is fitted with ten to twelve tor
pedoes and six torpedo tubes (four
ahead and two astern) thus allowing
the torpedoes to be fired, if desired, in
quick succession.
Fearful Strain on Men.
The diving power of the submarine
of course is of the highest importance.
Sufficient water having been admitted
to immerse the boat and cause only
the conning tower to protrude from
the surface, the horizontal rudders are
acted on, thus overcoming the last
traces of buoyancy. In order again
to rise to the surface, the water is
driven out by compressed air and the
horizontal rudders are set working.
The most difficult problem, how
ever, is the problem of seeing and ob
taining one's bearings under water.
Periscopes are used for this: that is,
tubes several meters long carrying at
the upper end a system of mirror
prisms, reflect the image of the hori
zon through the tube to the lower
prisms and thence into the interior
of the submarine.
Service on the submarine is ex
tremely trying. In fact it puts all
mental capacities to perpetual strain,
in handling the apparatus and ma
chinery—gauges, periscope, compass,
engines, etc. Any mistake is liable
to result in the death of the whole
crew. To this should be added the
lack of exercise, and the vitiated air
which is insufficiently regenerated by
compressed air during under water
sailing.
Many safeguards have been de
signed for protection against subma
rine attacks. Torpedo netting would
seem to be relatively most effective,
though modern submarines somehow
frequently manage to slide past below
such netting and strike.
LUXURY IN PURITAN DAYS
At no time, of course, was luxury
completely absent from America. Men
! spend when the purse is full, even
! though the purse be small. Not al!
the sumptuary laws of seventeenth
century Massachusetts could prevent
sober Puritans from launching into
extravagance; from purchasing ap
; parel—“woolen, silke or lynnen, 'with
; lace on it, silver, golde, silke or
threed.” Even the pious Elid back
| into embroidered doublets with slashed
] sleeves, into "gold or silver girdles,
hat-bands, belts, ruffs, beavr hatts.”
! while women of no particular rank ap
I peared in forbidden silk and tiffany
j hoods. A century later we encounter
’ disapproval of John Hancock's “show
| and extravagance in living,” of his
French and English furniture, his
i dances, dinners, carriages, wine-cel
lars and fine clothes. Washington
I starved with his soldiers at Valley
i Forge, but lived like an English gen
i tleman in his home at Mount Vernon.
| Luxury, pomp, ceremonial were not ab
1 sent in the eighteenth century, and
even ardent democrats, who cheered
Citizen Genet and the glorious prin
ciples of ’89, and who dearly hated all
aristocrats, were not beyond the temp
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WORTH KNOWING
Forty-eight different materials are
used in the construction of a piano,
which come from no fewer than six
teen countries.
Eighteen thousand bricks can be
manufactured by the Eteam process in
ten hours.
An induction balance has been de
vised for the purpose of locating buried
shells in the soil of the former battle
field, so that the farmer may go over
It safely with the plow.
Enrico Caruso, the noted singer,
who now earns as high as <5,000 a
night, says that he was happier when
he was making $30 a night than he is
at the present time.
The wireless station at Colon at
noon each day sends out broadcast
forecasts o. the weather in the Carib
bean, South Atlantic and gulf regions
to aid shipping.
Among the titles of the sultan of
Turkey are Sultan of Sultans. King of
Kings, Bestower of Crowns Upon the
Princes of the World, Emperor and
Sovereign of the Two Seas and Shad
ow of God Upon Earth.
Bananas can be ripened in a room
kept at 110 degrees.
Every day the River Thames scoops
1,500 tons of earth from its banks
A full-grown elephant yields 120
pounds of ivory.
The government of Argentina plans
to import camels as an experiment
to take the place of horses and oxen
in semiarid regions.
James Berry, who recently cele
brated his eightieth birthday, has been
employed in the United St|tes capi
tol at Washington for 60 years.
Except that of China, San Marino
has the longest national hymn.
The prince of Wales occupies a low
er military rank than any other roy
alty serving in the war, he having re
peatedly refused to accept promotion.
The king of SpaC has recently in
terested h.mself in the condition of
Spanish prisoners, anl has been vis
iting the chief penal institutions in
his realms.
Great Britain is now using three
times as much of American products
as any other foreign country. and last
year spent over a billion dollars in
this country.
tation of an occasional venial luxury.
Walter E. Weyi. in Harper’s Maga
zine.
Taking No More Chances.
An Irvington 0”.3iness man was
called to Buffalo, N. Y., to report to
the head of the firm which he repre
sents. After he ’ ad arrived there, reg
istered at a hotel and was assigned to
his room, he discovered that his pock
et book had beeD stolen. While he was
in a deep o.udy about this misfortune, !
a Western Union boy knocked on his
door and left a telegram. It was a
brief message from his wife saying ,
their home ;n Indianapolis, and its i
contents, had been burned. The Irv
ington man then left the hotel to re
port to his boss, and in going to the
oflice walked in the middle of the
street.
"What's the matter with ou?” said
his boss when he entered the office.
"Looking out the window, I saw you |
coming down the middle of the street.
Are you nuts?”
No," said the Irvington man “I
don't want to take any more chances ’
of bad luck and have a buildmg fall
on me."—Indianapolis News.
The Dardanelles.
The present name of Dardanelles
was given to the ancient Hellespont
from the two castles that protect the I
narrowest part of the strait, and that
themselves preserve the name of the
famous City of Dardanus in the an
cient Troad. The name rf "Darda
nelles” is briefly referred to as hav
lag been derived from the name of
the City of Dardanus. but the Ency- ;
clopedia Britannica states that it is |
the twin castles for which the strait !
is actually named.
Drilling Hole in Glass.
To drill a hole in glass use a drill j
that has been forged at a low tem
perature and hardened by being
plunged into a bath of salt water well
boiled; keep well moistened, while ;
drilling, with turpentine, in which |
some camphor has teen dissolved (a
saturated solution), or with dilute
sulphuric acid; before beginning to
drill make a hole of size required in
a piece of wood or metal and fasten
it with beeswax upon the glasB for m
guide.
FOR SIMPLE COOKERY
BEAN POTS, CASSEROLES AND
RAMEKINS ARE GOOD.
Variety of Leftovers, Including Odd
Vegetables, Can Be Used to Make
Delicious Combinations, Is
Assertion Made.
Perhaps the woman who has learned
to cook by imagination will find the
casserole more usefui than the one
who cooks altogether by recipes, for
the larder often contains various left
overs and odd vegetables which will
fit into a delicious casserole better
than into any other dish For in
stance, the woman who uses ham of
ten finds scraps left over from cutting
bits of meat which have adhered to
the bone and the end which is un
available for slicing. Often she will
utilize these strips for sandwiches,
creamed ham, or an omelet for break
fast or luncheon, whereas they could
be made into a much more substantial
dish well suited to a home dinner. 1
discovered this while keeping house
on a farm ten miles from a railroad
when ham w as a staple weekly article,
and the garden in summer and the
vegetable cellar in winter were my
chief assets. I used to oil my largest
bean pot with ham fat, put in a layer
of sliced turnip, then a little minced
ham, some parsnips, and more ham,
a layer of sliced raw potatoes, some
minced onions and shreddeu cabbage,
interspersing every layer with ham. a
sprinkling of flour and a little salt and
pepper. Sometimes, a few parboiled
beans were added, the ingredients de
pending on the season of the year.
The whole was barely covered with
ham liquor or stock and baked very
slowly for at least three hours. I have
given at length this homely dish be
cause I firmly believe that we Amer
icans are verging in our tastes far
too much on the luxuries and should
realize the possibilities of the things
to be found in every household.
isoi long ago i tested a recipe in
which beef tongue was used, but found
myself confronted with the root end
for utilization. Into the casserole went
these bits, of meat, together with some
chopped carrots, minced onion,
chopped green pepper, tomato, salt,
pepper, a few spices, dry bread crumbs
for thickening, and a little of the
tongue liquor. It was a good cas
serole, but one truly inspired by im
agination and necessity!
The old-time Boston bean pot is an
excellent utensil for cooking meats
which are cut in comparatively small
pieces, as well as fruits and dried veg
etables, while the old-fashioned blue
and white stewpot, which can be ob
tained in almost any size, is speciallv
suitable for use In large families and
is inexpensive. Probably the most at
tractive utensil is the ramekin, little
sister of the casserole. It is not only
inexpensive, but is particularly use
ful for individual service, not only
of savory dishes and vegetables, but
of desserts. The family may tire, for
example, of creamed corn, but if it is
combined with a little leftover veal or
chicken, well seasoned, strewed with
crumbs, and served en ramekin, it be
comes a “new dish.” The youngsters
may often rebel at such a plebeian
dessert as bread pudding, but if pre
pared in ramekins with a little me
ringue topped with currant jelly it be
comes “something new-!”—Good
Housekeeping.
Lamb Curry.
Cut the meat in small pieces (and
Inferior portions such as the neck
can be utilized in a curry), dip in
flour and fry in hot olive oil, pork fat
or butter until a rich brown. Mince
or slice an onion and fry in the same
way. Then put into a saucepan, cover
with boiling water and simmer until
the bones and gristly pieces will slip
out. When the meat is sufficiently
tender add a cupful each of strained
tomato and rice, then a little celery
cut fine or celery salt to season, w-ith
salt, paprika and a little curry- pow
der. Cook ten minutes longer and
serve.
Says the Cook.
If you want the best pie crust, says
the cook, it should be made the day
before you wish to use and and put
into a cold pantry. Then the crust
will be flaky and crisp. If you wish
to retain the crispiness after bak
ing let the pies cool thoroughly before
putting away.
To improve the top crust of the pie
she has found the following very good:
Brush it over with water and then
sprinkle with granulated sugar. This
improves the appearance and makes
it brown and crisp.
Codfish Loaf.
Crumb enough of the inside of a
loaf of bread to measure a cupful and
soak these crumbs in a cupful of
sweet milk. Shred dried codfish
enough to measure a pint, and. after
it is shredded, soak it in cold water
to freshen it. Add it to the soaked
crumbs and add three beaten eggs.
Season with cayenne pepper. Put the
mixture in a buttered mold and set
the mold in a pan of water in the
open. Bake until firm and serve with
Hollandaise sauce.
Chicken Croquettes.
One and three-quarters cupfuls fine
ly chopped cold chicken, one-half tea
spoonful salt, one-quarter teaspoonful
celery salt, cayenne, a few drops ta
basco. one teaspoonful lemon juice,
few drops onion juice, one teaspoon
ful chopped parsley, one cupful thick
white sauce; mix in order given, cool,
shape, crumb and fry. Croquette
mixture should be as soft as can be
handled, so as to be creamy inside
when cooked.
Serving Baked Potatoes.
Roll each hot baked potato in a
paper napkin, twisting each end. This
serves three purposes: 1. Keeps pota
to hot. 2. Napkin serves as holder
when removing the potato skin.
3. The napkin serves as a receptacle
for the unsightly paring or skin. Po
tatoes served thus wrapped are artis
tic, especially when placed in a basket
upon the table.
Arthur Brisbane, the well-known edi
torial writer, once wrote 32 editorials
in one day.
Didn’t Try Any Soft Soap.
“Go!” said the girl. “I wash my
hands of you.”
“Before you do any hand-washing,
better take off that ring I gave you,'
he retorted, frigidly.—Boston Tran
script.
Seals Like United States.
There are in existence only two im
portant herds of fur seals, one of
which has its breeding grounds in the
Commander islands, belonging to Rus
sia, the other in the Pribilof islands,
belonging to the United States. Of
these the latter is much the larger.
The Pribilof islands are government
property, and thus it happens that
the United States government finds
itself the owner of by far the most
valuable herd of fur seals in the
world. This unique bit of property
has been a source of much tribula
tion—as everybody knows.
AN APPRECIATIVE LETTER.
Mr. M. A. Page, Osceola. Wis., un
der date of Feb 16, 1916, writes:
Some years ago I was troubled with
my kidneys and was advised to try
, i. Dodd's Kidney Pills.
It is now three
years since I fin
ished taking these
Pills and I have had
no trouble with my
kidneys since. 1
was pretty bad for
ten or twelve years
. _ prior to taking your
Mr. M. A. Page lreatment an(j -n-in
say that I have been in good health
since and able to do considerable
work at the advanced age of seventy
two. I am glad you induced me to
continue their use at the time, as I
am cured.
Dodd s Kidney Pills, 50c per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. 7. Dodd's Dyspepsia Tab
lets for Indigestion have been proved,
i 50c per box.—Adv.
—
Has Made Study of Buddha.
Dr. David Brainard Spooner, who
propounds the theory that Buddha was
not a Hindu, as is the prevailing belief,
is an American, a native of New Eng
land, and for some time has been in
the employ of the archeology depart
ment of the government of India. It
is his belief that Buddha was a Per
sian and a renegade from Zoroastri
anism, rather than a renegade from
Hii du teaching, which also explains
a reference to Buddha in the ancient
Parsee scriptures as a heretic, a term
which could not have been used had
he not been connected originally with
Zoroastrianism, believes Doctor
Sponer. Among this explorer's
achievements is the unearthing of
Buddha's bones from a mound near
Peshawui in northwestern India.
Three Brothers Lose Eye Each.
The rifcht eye of Hugo Bremer, a
young farmer, was torn from its
socket when a splinter of wood flew
from his ax while he was cutting
down a tree. This is the third acci
dent of its kind in the Bremer family.
While his brother William was play
ing mumbly-peg recenty, his compun
i n flipped the knife too high, and the
sharp blade penetrated his left eye.
Another brother was kicked in the
right eye by a colt.—Albert Lea
(Minn.) Dispatch. St. Paul Dispatch.
Crash!
“What's the racket over at Bobb's?’’
“Sounds like they are having a
china shower."
Keep Your
Stomach Well
It’s the Secret
of Good Health
The Stomach is the con
trolling power in all mat
ters pertaining to health
and it must be kept strong
and active. At the first
sign of weakness, try
HOSTETTER’S
Stomach Bitters
TOWNS WITH SILLY NAMES
Indians Protest Against Such Offenses
Against Good Taste as
Dolly Lake.
Some Blackfoot Indians, with a taste
I and a respect for nature that shames
! the paleface, have protested to the sec
i retary of the interior against the bar
| barous custom of tacking silly, mean
ingless. vulgar names to noble natural
! objects which the Indians long ago had
named with appropriateness. A melo
dious word, with poetic significance
and very likely legend, !s calmly ig
j uored in favor of Jones' gulch, or
I Smith’s lalis, or Dolly lake.
It is even worse in the matter of
i towns. Nearly all the good names in
! North America are those bestowed by
1 the Indians or the early French and
j Spanish explorers. After them came
the Anglo-Saxon, spattering the land
scape with his own patronymics and
other tasteless and meaningless proper
nouns.
We can understand why a person
with the imagination of a hitching
post might prefer for a beantiful nat
ural object his own name or that of a
female relative, or some foolish Grand
falls, High peak. Swift rapids. Broad
canyon ; but we cannot understand why
authority should permit him to vandal
ize that way. Unless there is some ex
cellent reason to the contrary, author
ity ought to insist always upon the In
dian names.—Saturday Evening Post.
Chimney Periscope.
The men in the fireroom of a fac
tory' cannot always tell, without going
outside to look, whether the chimney
is smoking, and this is important,
both as a mater of economy in burn
ing the coal, and also to enable them
! to conform with smoke regulations.
! A writer in Power suggests placing a
mirror outside the building and set
ting it at such an angle that the men.
looking out of the window, can see
the reflection of the top of the stack
in the mirror. In some cases where
one mirror cannot be properly lo
cated, two might be used for the pur
pose.
Classifying Them.
"The orator we heard last night had
sound views.”
"Exactly so; mostly sound.”
Spend less time in apologizing and
more in improving your conduct.
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That “Wade Right In”
Feeling—
first thing in the morning—comes naturally with right
living.
Daily food plays a big part, for unless it supplies
proper rebuilding elements, and is properly digested,
one’s mental and physical power is bound to suffer.
Grape=Nuts
the whole wheat and. malted barley food, provides all
the rich nutriment of the grains, including their vital
mineral salts—phosphate of potash, etc.—lacking in the
diet of many, but which are necessary for balanced up
keep of body, brain and nerves.
Grape-Nuts has a delicate nut-like flavour; is always
ready to serve with cream or milk; is easily digestible;
and yields a wonderful return of health and energy.
“There’s a Reason”
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